Tag: Stoke Park

Here’s a recent photo of a Jackdaw and Kestrel fighting. Notice the position of the Kestrel’s head? While he continues to look straight ahead, the rest of his body has twisted completely round to fend off the jackdaw’s attack. The reason he can do this is because they have extra vertebrae (not sure how many) Read more about Bird Fight[…]

Last nights ghost walk 12 july 2013 Posted on July 14, 2013 by Steve England well the first ghost walk of this year 2013 a fantastic crowd of 35 guests arrived all excited to go off on a spooky walk through Stoke Park, it was a very warm evening temp hit 26 degrees and that Read more about Last nights ghost walk 13th july 2013[…]

What an incredible evening! We had a fantastic turnout of 20 guests, great to see youngsters coming along. We took our Bat detectors with us and as we entered the woods they soon came to life with the click click click of Britain’s smallest species the Pipistrelle. I have not seen so many at the Read more about Last night’s bat walk at Stoke Park[…]

Steve England made the front page of the Bristol Observer this week, in fact his image was incorporated into the newspaper’s header and a double page spread on pages 8and 9 features his stories of ghostly events in Stoke Park. Watch this space and we’ll bring you the full scary story in detail asap

SOME of Stoke Park’s most historic monuments are being destroyed while its handover to the council is hit by delays. Campaigner Steve England, who is chair of Stoke Park Action Group, is worried the park will be in a dire state when Bristol City Council finally acquire the estate. Steve England at Stoke Park where Read more about Stoke Park Monuments suffering vandalism and ruin[…]

From the Bath Chronicle Saturday, May 29, 2010 Steve England, who has found fossils in Bristol PICTURE: BARBARA EVRIPIDOU A man who has unearthed an incredible haul of fossils from the ground of a city park, claims his finds put the quality of those from the Jurassic Coast to shame. Wildlife enthusiast Steve England says Read more about ‘Our fossils are better than Jurassic Coast finds’[…]

28th April 2010 RHS horticulturalist Steve England pictured in Stoke Park, Bristol. Steve waited for 15 minutes , for the grey squirrel to pluck up the courage to come forward and take a hazelnut from his hand. Steve said: ‘I had never tried it before but we were going through the woods and I was Read more about Steve England greets a Stoke Park Wood resident[…]